κορός
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
(A), Adj.
A dark, black, Sch.D Il.1.170: etym. of κόραξ, EM 529.30.
(B), Adj. pure, Procl.Theol.Plat.5.3 (where θεοῦ κόρου καὶ νοῦ ὄντος), Id.ad Hes.Op.111, EM540.5, cf. Pl.Cra.396b (Κρόνος = κορὸς νοῦς).
Greek Monolingual
(I)
κορός και κόρος (Α)
επίθ. καθαρός, αγνός.
(II)
κορός (Α)
επίθ. μαύρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Οι Αρχαίοι το συνέδεαν με το κόραξ.
German (Pape)
= μέλας, Hesych.
